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Small homely type of piece about journalists (6)

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I believe the answer is:

bedsit

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'small homely type' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'piece about journalists' is the wordplay.
'piece' becomes 'bit' (bit is a kind of piece**).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'journalists' becomes 'eds'.
'bit' going around 'eds' is 'BEDSIT'.

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for bedsit that I've seen before include "Single room for living" , "Rented room with all facilities" , "Minimal accommodation" , "One-roomed flat, in short" , "One-room home" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and the Irish Times.
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